Isn’t it funny that the older we get, the more childhood memories seem to flood our minds. These precious memories, some funny, some sad, some happy and some even mad, are what we cherish so dearly. F...

Every life lost to suicide is one too many, and the prevalence among our nation’s veterans is alarming. In fact, military suicide rates are four times higher than deaths that occurred during military ...

The Legislature is meeting this week to reconvene our second extraordinary session. We called this special session in May to give us time in the interim to consider projects that applied for a portion...

So Markwayne Mullin thinks President Biden should apologize to Oklahomans for ... what? Telling the truth? Doing what’s right? Things that Mullin has never done the entire time he’s been in office. Th...

When I think of my great grandmother Pluma Stumpff, I think of the Proverbs 31 woman. “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” She works with her hands, brings food from afa...

This past legislative session, I passed a bill naming the American Quarter Horse the official state horse of Oklahoma. The governor recently held a bill signing ceremony on the front steps of the Cap...

There is hopefully good news coming soon for many Oklahoma expectant mothers. The Helping Every Life and Parent, or HELP Task force was convened by the governor to look at ways to support expectant mo...

In Democrats’ rush to green, they have overlooked the necessity of fossil fuels in this world. I’ve previously discussed our supply chains’ inability to support Joe Biden’s climate agenda, and now we ...

Beginning September 12, the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) began hosting “Observing With NASA,” an authentic data experience with astronomical imaging. This exhibit kiosk from the Smithsonian Astrophys...

Last week, Joe Biden stood in front of a crowd in Pittsburgh and delivered one of the most divisive speeches I have ever heard from an American president. Joe Biden ran a presidential campaign suppose...

The State Election Board website at www.oklahoma . gov/elections contains voter registration data, forms and applications, election dates and deadlines, sample ballots, election results and a lot of o...

I received news recently that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is set to receive an additional $191 million from the federal government, which will benefit our House District 13. About $60 mi...

I am writing to bring attention to a matter we have recently encountered with the usage of the George C. Fussell Community Center located at Texanna Fire Department. McIntosh County GOP has had the ho...

First, let me state for the record that I literally loathe gossip and politics. Being from a small town, I have learned that there is a huge difference between being newsy and being down right nosey. ...

As I said in my last article, few decisions have been as controversial as the recent overturn of Roe v. Wade. As such I could not cover everything in one article. Last time I discussed the courts and ...

The opportunity to visit the various parts of the state is a welcome chance to see the good work done by local youth-serving organizations. Such an occasion occurred recently when the Oklahoma Commiss...

With the end of summer, we are getting close to the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s Fall Forum. This conference, to be October 11 – 13 at MetroTech in Oklahoma City, will assemble experts from...

Wednesday, Aug. 31, is National Overdose Awareness Day, and I want to take this time to discuss the recent surge of fentanyl analogues and the danger they pose to our communities. Fentanyl is a contro...

Experts say that by the 23rd week of pregnancy, babies are able to hear music in the womb. I’m positive that I heard music while in my mother’s womb and my children did the same since we were undoubte...

Two weeks ago, I attended the 2022 Early Childhood Leadership Summit in Phoenix. This group is a bipartisan gathering from all 50 states. There are four things that the conference aims to do: 1) ident...